Several of Bob's short stories have been accepted for future publication:
Talking River Review, a literary journal published by Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, has accepted "Kokopeli Dreams" for publication sometime during 2008. This story was inspired by a trip to Flagstaff, Arizona for Bob's son's wedding.
Another short story "thriller" "The Contract" has been accepted for publication in a future edition of Hardboiled, a noir/crime magazine reminiscent of the pulp fiction mags of the '50s. It is published by Gryphon Books in Brooklyn, New York.
"All A Boy Could Give" will be published in July, 2008, by Down in the Dirt. This small circulation magazine is a part of Scars Publications & Design, based in Gurnee, Illinois.
Bob's novel-in-progress, "Burning Time," begins in the early 1900s and is loosely based on his paternal grandmother's life. After her mother divorces an abusive husband, young Louise becomes the family "rock" quitting school at thirteen to provide an income for her mother and younger brother, marrying an older man at fourteen, and becoming a mother herself at fifteen. Bob hopes to finish the book sometime in 2008.
Bob recently joined other Greenville SCWW authors whose work was included in Volume I of The Petigru Review for a signing at Greenville's independent book store, The Open Book. Another signing is scheduled for February 16th, 2008 at the Greenville County Library.